INDIO >> Calvin Harris punished the main Coachella stage of the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival in a good way Sunday night with constant electro house mixes as well as piercing lights and flames.

The audience supported Harris by constantly putting their hands in the air, yelling, jumping up and down and enjoying themselves.

Harris started with his 2011 radio hit “Feel So Close,” and told the audience to sing along “if you know the words to this,” and a good portion of the audience members who filled the main lawn of the Coachella stage area started singing in unison.

The DJ also mixed other songs into his set like the synthpop group Icona Pop’s “I Love It,” as well as his other hits, including “We Found Love,” which he originally recorded with Rihanna. He did that song without the singer because she was performing with Eminem on the MTV Movie Awards.

Harris ended on “Sweet Nothing,” which originally featured vocals from Florence Welch. But like Rihanna, she also did not appear.

Audience member Kendra Culla, 23, of Chino Hills, said she enjoyed Harris’ set.

“I thought he was great,” Culla said, adding she “loved the lights” of the performance and did not mind that he performed his hits without the stars.

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